FEIS proposes to use prescribed fire, commercial thinning, noncommercial thinning, grapple piling, and hard piling in the west half of the Maury Mountains to maintain and increase current and future late and old structure forest habitat, increase forested stands resiliency to insect and disease attack, seeking to maintain and increase the acreage of low intensity fire conditions and reduce current fuel loadings to near historic levels. Includes 7763 acres of commercial thinning, 13,974 acres of prescribed fire, 11,728 acres of noncommercial thinning, and 3833 acres of grapple piling. Record of decision announces implementation of Alternative 2 with some modifications to reduce adverse effects to goshawk habitat and water quality, and to reduce the amount of commercial timber harvest by 767 acres, noncommercial thinning by 524 acres, underburning by 311 acres, and grapple piling by 280 acres.

EA proposes to continue authorization of grazing on the Deep Creek, Derr, Happy, Little Summit, and Roba allotments within the Deep Creek watershed and portions of the Mountain Creek, Rock Creek, Paulina Creek, and lower North Fork Crooked River watersheds. Includes use of new grazing management standards implemented based on an assessment of the level at which resources with pastures or allotments are functioning, including utilization levels for riparian and upland herbaceous and woody vegetation, stubble height along the greenline, stream bank alteration, and soil disturbance. Decision notice announces implementation of Alternative 2 of project EA.

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Proposes to thin approximately 7154 acres to return stand conditions and fire regimes to historic levels. Includes 3211 acres of commercial harvesting, noncommercial thinning, 4551 acres of activity fuels underburning and 2519 acres of natural fuels underburning, and 640 acres of grapple and hand piling, and construction of temporary roads and the use of presently closed roads.

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Proposes to thin approximately 7154 acres to return stand conditions and fire regimes to historic levels. Includes 3211 acres of commercial harvesting, noncommercial thinning, 4551 acres of activity fuels underburning and 2519 acres of natural fuels underburning, 640 acres of grapple and hand piling, and construction of temporary roads and the use of presently closed roads.